【推荐1】阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。每个选项仅用一次。选项中有一项为多余选项。

Sometimes it may seem difficult to improve our health.     1    

·Eat breakfast every morning.

Research shows that if you eat a meal in the morning, you may not become too fat or eat too much during lunch. Eating breakfast can help people feel better through the day.

    2    

Poor sleep can influence our memory and learning. It can also cause traffic accidents! Studies show that people who don’t get enough sleep seem to get into more accidents. So get enough sleep and stay safe!

·Take a walk every day.

Walking is an easy way to exercise. You’d better meet friends for a walk, not for a meal. As you walk, you will see the beautiful world around you. Once you try, you will find that adding a walk into your daily life is very easy.

·Join social groups.

Social groups can provide support. They might include sports teams, art or music groups. The people in the group can offer advice and help each other in difficult times.     3     An active mind is a healthy mind!

·Have a hobby

A hobby could be running, reading or making something with your hands. Hobbies help people to relax and rest.     4    

A．Get up early.

B．Get enough sleep.

C．If so, the following healthy habits may help you.

D．Hobbies bring us happiness as well.

E．Also, being in a group keeps your mind busy.

【推荐2】

1     Linda is an English girl. She is in China now. She is interested in the history of China, especially history about different dynasties（朝代）.     2     Paul is a middle school student. He likes playing soccer best. He usually plays soccer on the school playground after school.     3     Lin Wei is from Guangzhou. She is a middle school student. She likes English very much. However, she doesn’t know how to learn English well she needs some help.     4     Bob likes delicious food. But he thinks eating outside is too expensive. He wants to make food at home.     5     Nancy is a 12-year-old girl. She always finds math a little difficult. She is looking for a useful book to learn math more easily.

A. Learn English with me Page：120       Price：15 yuan Do you want to learn English fast and well? Then take this book. B. Olympic Math Book Page：100       Price：20 yuan The exercises in this book are a little difficult. It is for students who want to study further（更深入）in math. C. Easy Math Page：100       Price：10 yuan After reading this book, you can find math is not difficult or boring. D. Let’s Play Soccer Together Page：120       Price：12 yuan Do you like playing soccer? Do you want to be a great soccer player? If your answer is yes, take this book. E. History Stories Page：150       Price：15 yuan The book has a lot of interesting English history stories and pictures. It’s easy to understand. F. Chinese History Book Page：160       Price：20 yuan The book is for the Chinese Middle students of Grade Two. It can help you learn Chinese history from Song Dynasty to Qing Dynasty. G. Cook Yummy Food at Home Page：80        Price：10 yuan Do you think eating outside is too expensive? With our book’s help. You can enjoy nice food at home.

【推荐3】配对阅读。左栏是五位学生的信息，右栏是七位老师的介绍，请为每个学生找到适合他们的老师。

1     Lisa is twelve years old. She is from the UK. But she is living in Qingdao now, because her parents are working here. She’s a middle school student. She likes dancing.     2     Sam is nine. He comes from Sydney, Australia. He is studying in Shanghai. He likes drawing very much.     3     Liu Mei is a ten-year-old girl. She lives in Beijing with her parents. She loves English.     4     Maria is eighteen years old. She is studying in a university. She does well in all her subjects except(除了) Computer Science.     5     Jimmy is fourteen years old. He loves sports, especially swimming.

A. I am Sally. I’m from the USA. I’m a music teacher in a middle school in Qingdao. I love singing and dancing very much. B. My name is Jenny. I come from London. Now I live in Beijing. I teach English in an international(国际) school. I think it is interesting. I can speak Chinese, too. I have experiences(经验) in teaching English in China. C. I’m Tim. I’m American. I live in Shanghai now. I can draw very well. I like to be a teacher. I’m very kind. I have free time on weekends. Do you want to learn to draw? D. I’m Linda. I’m from Canada. I can swim vey well. I want to be a swimming coach(教练). I love children and I’m good with them. I can help them learn to swim. E. I’m Joe. I’m from Canada. I was interested in computer when I was a boy. Now I am teaching Computer Science at a college. I also have classes on weekends. F. I’m Wang Qiang. I live in China and I like cooking very much. I can make delicious cakes and biscuits. G. I’m Lu Ming. I love playing football very much. I had a football club five years ago and now there are 30 players in it.

【推荐1】A well-known poem by the Tang dynasty poet Du Mu tells of a scene in early April: “Rains fall heavily as Qingming comes, and passersby with lowered spirits go.”

This scene takes place on Tomb Sweeping Day, also known as Qingming Festival. Tomb Sweeping Day is a traditional Chinese festival. It began in the Zhou dynasty, over 2,500 years ago. Chinese people celebrate it to remember and honor their ancestors（祖先）. This year, it fills on April 5. Tomb Sweeping Day became a public holiday in the Chinese mainland in 2008. People have one day off for that day.

On this day, families bring flowers, food and wine to the grave sites（墓地）of their ancestors. They place cakes, fruits in front of the grave and some may burn joss paper as money for the dead. After that, they sweep the tombs and cherish（怀念）the memories of their dead family members. Tomb Sweeping Day gives us a chance to show respect to our ancestors and family members who have passed away and show that we miss them. This tradition shows that family values are an important part of Chinese culture.

Tomb Sweeping Day is also the beginning of the time for gardening and outdoor activities in China. Families often get together for outings or to fly kites at this time.

1. Tomb Sweeping Day is celebrated for people to ________.

A．go out to fly kites	B．get together with their families
C．have a public holiday	D．remember and honor their ancestors

2. The Chinese meaning of the underlined word “passersby” is ________.

A．行人

B．故人

C．陌生人

D．古代人

3. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A．Tomb Sweeping Day began in the Zhou dynasty.

B．We have one day off for Tomb Sweeping Day.

C．People in the world celebrate Tomb Sweeping Day.

D．Family values play an important role in Chinese culture.

4. What does the passage mainly discuss?

A．Du Mu wrote a poem about Qingming Festival.

B．Tomb Sweeping Day is a traditional Chinese festival.

C．People bring many things to the grave site.

D．Qingming Festival is a good time for outdoor activities.

【推荐2】Are you the only child in your family? How will you feel if you have a little brother or sister? Having a new baby in your family is really great.

If you are old enough, you may be able to help your mum or dad look after the baby, help to bath it, or play with it in garden, but you should always ask Mum or Dad before you do anything for the baby, and they will show you how to help look after your little brother or sister. Your mum will be very tired of the new baby wakes a lot during the night. You might be able to help your mum by doing something nice for her, like bringing a drink for her while she is feeding the baby.

You may feel a bit jealous(妒忌)of the baby at times. Don’t think that you are a bad kid if you feel like that. It is very normal for any kids to have such feelings. But remember that you should love the baby. Because you are a family.

1. Having a new baby in your family is really ________ according to the passage.

A．boring

B．careful

C．great

D．sad

2. If you are not old enough, you CANNOT ________.

A．look at the baby

B．kiss the baby

C．stay near the baby

D．help to bath the baby

3. The underlined word “normal” in the passage means ________.

A．bad

B．good

C．happy

D．natural

4. Which of the following is NOT true?

A．You should always ask Mum or Dad before you do anything for the baby.

B．Your mum will be very tired if the baby wake a lot during the night.

C．If you feel jealous of the new baby, you are a bad kid.

D．You can help your mum by do something nice for her.

5. The best title of the passage is “________”.

A．The only child in the family	B．Helping parents with housework
C．Having a new baby in the family	D．How to look after yourself

【推荐3】Some students, parents and teachers in Shanghai were surveyed last month. According to the result of the survey, the generation gap(代沟) between students and parents as well as teachers is becoming wider. Here is what they said.
Voice of the students:
“Our parents hold too high expectations which put us under lots of pressure. They care too much about our lives and studies,” one student said.
“It’s impolite that some students’ parents read their children’s diaries without permission!” one student said angrily.
“Some of our teachers are so serious that we can’t make friends with them at all,” another student said sadly.
Voice of the parents:
One mother said, “After school, my daughter usually locks herself into her room and spends lots of time talking with others on the phone. And I can’t stand her clothes and hairstyle!”
“I thought my son was doing very well in his studies. I didn’t realize I was being cheated by him until I got a call from his teacher,” said a father.
Voice of the teachers:
An English teacher said, “Today, the role of the teacher is to put knowledge into students’ brains. The power of teachers has kept students away from them.”
“Some parents pay too much attention to their children’s grades instead of creating a lively and colorful environment at home,” another teacher said.
“In the past, teachers and students often played games together or talked with each other. Today, only studies and grades are talked about,” said a teacher. “A school should be a place where students can learn not only knowledge, but also how to face failure and frustration bravely enough.
1. What can we know from the students’ voice?

A．They hope to be free and don’t want their parents to be very strict.

B．The higher expectations their parents hold, the better they will do.

C．Teachers like making friends with students now.

D．A warm and happy family isn’t expected.

2. The underlined word “expectations” in the passage means “­­­­___________” in Chinese.

A．表扬

B．期望

C．梦想

D．责任

3. What can we infer from the teachers who were surveyed?

A．Teachers feel what they are doing for students is good.

B．Parents, teachers and educational rules all influence students greatly.

C．Now teachers and students communicate better than before.

D．Teachers should care more about excellent students.

4. Which of the following could be the best title for the passage?

A．Unhappy teenagers	B．Serious parents
C．Educational rules	D．The generation gap

【推荐1】Every artist knows in his heart that he is saying something to the public. Not only does he want to say it well, but he wants it to be something that has not been said before. He hopes the public will listen and understand what he wants to teach them, and what he wants them to learn from him.
What visual(视觉的)artists like painters want to teach is easy to make out but difficult to explain,
because painters translate their experience into shapes and colours, not words. They seem to feel that a
certain selection of shapes and colours, out of countless billions of, is exceptionally interesting for them and worth showing to us. Without their work we should never have noticed these particular Shapes and colours. or have felt the delight which they brought to the artist.
Most artists take their shapes and colours from the world of nature and from human bodies in motion and at rest; their choices indicate(指示)that these aspects of the world are worth looking at, that they contain beautiful sights. Contemporary(当代的)artists might say that they merely choose subjects that provide an interesting pattern, that there is nothing more in it. Yet even they do not choose entirely without reference to the character of their subjects.
If one painter chooses to paint a decaying(腐烂)leg and another a lake in moonlight, each of them is directing our attention to a certain aspect of the world. Each painter is telling us something, showing us something, emphasizing something-all of which means that, consciously(有意识地)or unconsciously, he is trying to teach us.
1. An artist hopes that the public will        .

A．understand him and learn from him

B．notice only shapes and colours in his work

C．teach him something

D．believe what he says in his work

2. It is hard to explain what a painter is saying because he/she        .

A．does not express himself/herself well

B．uses unusual words and phrases

C．uses shapes and colours instead of words

D．does not say anything clearly

3. The writer points out that the contemporary artists might say their choices of subject        .

A．carry a message to the public

B．only provide interesting pattern

C．have no pattern or form

D．teach the public important truths

4. What do you know from the passage?

A．A painting is more easily understood that music.

B．Art is merely the arranging of shape and colours.

C．Every artist tries to say something consciously to the public.

D．One must look beyond shape and colour to find what the artist is saying.

【推荐2】Many birds in tropical（热带的）forests are colorful and beautiful.

If you love birds，you can't miss them.

The Toucan	Place: in the south of American tropical forest Food: fruit and insects The body length：25 inches The Toucan has a 7. 5-inch long colorful beak（鸟喙）. They usually make their nest in tree holes and live in groups of 6. They lay 2~4 eggs a year.
The Macaw	Place: in the center and south of American tropical forest Food: nuts, seeds and fruit The body length:12-40inches The Macaw is a member of the well-known parrot family. They live in groups of 10. to 30. They are clever and famous for their speaking ability. There are only 17 different kinds of Macaw.
The Manakin	Place: in Mexico, Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil Food: some small fruit The body length:7～15cm There are about 60 kinds through the tropical forests. The beaks of them are short. They look small and cute. They usually lay two eggs each time.

1. The Toucan is famous for its ___________.

A．big eyes

B．long beak

C．short legs

D．colorful body

2. Which of the following is true about the Macaws?

A．They are one kind of parrots.	B．They live in groups of six to ten.
C．Their body is about 60 inches long.	D．They live in the west of American tropical forest

3. What food does the Manakin live on?

A．Nuts.

B．Seeds.

C．Fruit.

D．Insects.

【推荐3】When I was growing up, I had an old neighbor, Dr. Gibbs. He didn’t look like any doctor I’d ever known. He never invited us to play in his yard, but he was a very kind person.
When Dr. Gibbs wasn’t saving lives, he was planting trees. He owned a large field and wanted to make it a forest.
The good doctor had some interesting ideas about planting trees. He never watered his new trees. Once I asked why. He said that watering plants spoiled them, and that if you watered them, each baby tree would grow weaker and weaker, so you had to make things difficult for them and pick out the weaker trees early on.
He talked about how watering trees made for shallow（浅的）roots, and how trees that weren’t watered had to grow deep roots in search of water under the earth by themselves. Deep roots were very important.
So he never watered his trees. He’d planted an oak and, instead of watering it every morning, he’d beat it with a rolled-up newspaper. I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the tree’s attention.
Dr. Gibbs died several years after I left home. Every now and then, I walked by his house and looked at the trees that I watched him plant about twenty-five years ago. They’re very big and strong now. I planted some trees a few years back and carried water to them for whole summer.
After two years of caring too much, whenever a cold wind blows in, they shake a lot.
Every night before I go to bed, I check on my two sons. Mostly I pray（祈祷）that their lives will be easy. But lately I’ve been thinking that it’s time to change my prayer. I know my children are going to face difficulties. There’s always cold wind blowing somewhere, so what we need to do is to pray for roots that reach deep into the brave heart, so when the rains fall and the winds blow, we could face it strongly and won’t be beaten down.
1. We know from the passage the doctor           .

A．didn’t know how to plant trees at all

B．wasn’t good at his own medical job

C．had his own ways of planting trees

D．had nothing to do but plant trees

2. When Dr. Gibbs said “…pick out the weaker trees early on.”, he meant that          .

A．some weak trees would be easily found out at the beginning

B．he would choose the weak trees to water earlier

C．the weak trees would be sent to his patients later

D．he would not plant weak trees so early anymore

3. The passage tells us that the writer      .

A．should beat his trees with a rolled-up newspaper

B．didn’t often water his trees

C．didn’t have a large field

D．took too much care of his trees

4. Which can be the best title of the passage?

A．Watering trees

B．Growing roots

C．Doctor and his neighbor

D．Father and his children

【推荐1】In the 13th century, the Italian traveler, Marco Polo, traveled a long way to China, During his stay in China , he saw many wonderful things . One of the things he discovered was that the Chinese used paper money. In western countries, people did not use paper money until the 15th century. However, people in China began to use paper money in the 7th century.

A Chinese man called Cai Lun invented paper almost 2000 years ago. He made it from wood. He took the wood from trees and made it into paper. He then put these pieces of paper together and made them into a book.

Now paper still comes from trees. We use a lot of paper every day! If we keep on wasting so much paper, there will not be any trees on the earth. If there are no trees, there will be no paper. Every day , people throw away about 2800 tons of paper in our city . It takes 17 trees to make one ton of paper. This means that we are cutting nearly 48000 trees every day. Since it takes more than 10 years for a tree to grow, we must start using less paper now. If we don’t, we will not have enough time to grow more trees to take the place of those we use for paper.

So how can we save paper? We can use both sides of every piece of paper, especially when we are making notes .We can choose drinks in bottles instead(代替) of those in paper packets. We can also use cotton handkerchiefs (手帕) and not paper ones . When we go shopping, we can use fewer paper bags. If the shop assistant does give us a paper bag, we can save it and reuse it later.

Everyone can help to save paper. If we all think carefully, we can help protect trees. But we should do it now, before it is too late.

1. When he was in China, Marco polo________ .

A．discovered Cai Lun invented paper	B．learned to make paper
C．saw many wonderful things	D．told people about it

2. Which of the following is NOT the way of saving paper?

A．To use both sides of every piece of paper	B．To use the paper bags from shops more than once
C．To use cotton handkerchiefs instead of paper ones	D．To grow more trees

3. Which of the following is NOT TRUE?

A．If we keep on wasting paper, we will have no paper to use

B．The Chinese used paper money much earlier than the people in western countries

C．About 48000 trees can be used to make 2800 tons of paper

D．It is never too late to plant trees for paper .

4. Which is the best title (标题)of the passage ?

A．Saving Paper	B．The history of Paper
C．Cotton Handkerchiefs Back Again	D．CaiLun , the Great Inventor

【推荐2】Students learn their lessons in class. In class teachers teach them. Students sit in the classroom listening to the teacher. This is a way of learning. Is this the only way for students to learn something? Of course not. There is another way to learn. That is students can teach themselves. For example, if you can not remember something when you are doing your homework, you can look at your book to find the answer. This is a way to teach yourself. And it is not a difficult thing. We can do this at any place and at any time.

How do you teach yourself? The first thing you must do is reading. Read something you are interested in, or you have to read. The second is that you must ask yourself questions. The question is something you don't understand, or you want to know more about. You can write down these questions. A clever student is usually good at asking questions. The third is to answer the questions yourself by thinking hard, by reading the test or other books, and sometimes by asking other people. This is the way of teaching yourself. And you must do this all by yourself. If you keep doing like this for a long time, you are sure to succeed in your study.

1. Listening to the teacher is______ for students to learn something.

A．not a way	B．the best way
C．the only way	D．not the only way

2. Which of the following is TRUE?

A．A student can teach himself only in class.

B．It is a bad way to learn from the teacher.       ^

C．A student can learn to teach himself if he wants to.

D．Students know very well how to teach themselves.

3. In leaching yourself，the first thing you must do is______.

A．writing

B．reading

C．asking

D．answering

4. A clever student usually likes _____.

A．asking questions	B．answering questions
C．finding answers	D．teaching others

5. If you want to succeed，you had better learn______.

A．how to teach others

B．how to teach yourself

C．how to read and write carefully

D．how to ask questions

【推荐3】It is very important to have a law to base your life on. As for me, the law of life is that success is a journey, not a destination (目的地). It means that the most important is not where you are in the end, but what you have accomplished (完成) while you are trying along the way.

One person who shares my law of life is Mark McGwire, a U.S. baseball player. He once played for St. Louis Cardinals. He wasn’t caught up in the home-run competition in the 1998 season, but he tried his best to play every game. And, most of the time, he helped his teammates instead of promoting (提升) personal performance, because he wanted to make it a good season for the whole team.

I also think the Cardinals as a whole is following my law of life. They play every game with their full potential (潜力) instead of letting a few winning games go to their heads. They stay focused on the games in the World Series. Even if they lose some games, they never give up.

It doesn’t matter whether you have the ability to be on the top in the end or win the championship. All that matters is that you work hard the whole time. There are a few people in the world who have already understood that success is a journey, not a destination. But wouldn’t it be a much better world if everyone did? After all, it’s not about who wins or loses, but about how well you play the game. I hope I can apply this to my own life.

1. According to the passage, the writer thinks that ___________.

A．it’s important to win in the end

B．it’s important to try your best on the journey to success.

C．you will succeed if you put your heart into it.

D．it’s important to make your plan clear.

2. Which of the following is NOT true about Mark McGwire?

A．He is a baseball player in America.

B．He didn’t focus while playing every game.

C．He tried his best in every game.

D．He wanted his team to get a better result in the 1998 season.

3. The writer mentioned the cardinals to show that _________.

A．everyone believes in his law of life

B．sports players know how to win

C．they have the same opinion as his

D．teamwork is very important

4. The underlined phrase “go to their heads” means “___________” in Chinese.

A．冲昏头脑

B．志在必得

C．半途而废

D．勇往直前

5. What’s the best title for the passage?

A．Try to Be on the Top	B．Win Every Game
C．Success Is a Destination	D．The Law of Life